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# SME Finance Monitoring

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sme-finance-monitoring-ocds-h6vhtk-0679bd). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Development Bank of Wales: "SME Finance Monitoring". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Development Bank of Wales](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/development-bank-of-wales-GB-PPON-PCWM-6438-QYVP)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £50,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sme-finance-monitoring-ocds-h6vhtk-0679bd#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0679bd`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sme-finance-monitoring-ocds-h6vhtk-0679bd#tl-md)

## Description
Following on from a published UK 5 and UK 6 notice DBW has entered into a contract for SME finance monitoring.
The strategy team and Economic Intelligence Wales require a source of insight into how Welsh SMEs view, use and experience finance in a way which is comparable to a wider UK and regional dataset. This data should keep consistent sample sizes, question set and stratification to better track access to funding, growth ambitions and business performance through shifting economic conditions. This data must have the quality and repeatability for authoritative and reliable use which requires sufficient samples into sub-questions on finance uses. A key test of this is the use of datasets by our peers. Previously, the SME Finance Monitor has fulfilled this need. SME Finance Monitor is the largest quarterly survey in Wales without requirement for accredited researchers and project authorisation to access the granular data. Over the year, we will have access to a sample of 1,000 SMEs in Wales compared to the 500 typically achieved in the UK Government’s Longitudinal Business Survey. The instruction from DBW to the Consultants for these specific services relating to the service is as follows:
a) Include “Development Bank of Wales” as a response option to an existing survey question for SMEs in Wales according to eligibility criteria according to DBW’s own guidelines indicated below.
Employing up to 250 employees- Annual turnover not exceeding €50million
Be located in Wales
b) Provide DBW with the raw data tables, in Microsoft Excel format, at the half year and full year period for those SMEs within the eligibility criteria outlined above

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72300000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** SME Finance Monitoring (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Ipsos MORI UK Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-6696`
  - Value: £50,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 29/03/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** SME Finance Monitoring (active)
  - Signed Value: £50,000
  - Signed Date: 27/04/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F040944-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-05T11:03:30.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T03:53:34.987Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0679bd